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Reference number

SM 53/5/12v

Purpose

[270] Preliminary survey on completion, Court of Common Pleas, 15-22 March 1826

Aspect

Sections through the main floor of the Court of Common Pleas, with furnishings and gallery, as executed

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Common Pleas - / Long Section / Cross Section. / A[_]cle / books / door / Drawer / Flap (x 2) / Judges Seat / Jury Box / table / Tribunal / Witness Box dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 15/03/1826-22/03/1826
    March 1826

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, on wove paper (260 x 184)

Hand

Stephen Burchell (1806 - c.1843), draughtsman
The Day Book entries for the period from 15 March - 22 March 1826 inclusive note six entries when Stephen Burchell was making sketches of the New Law Courts at Westminster.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation. This catalogue of Soane’s designs for the New Law Courts was generously funded by The Worshipful Company of Mercers and The Pilgrim Trust.

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